Without Touching the Merits: The Principle of “Non-Reviewability” of Awards and Its Relationship with Judicial Review of the Arbitral Tribunal’s Jurisdiction

Authors

  • Valeria Moreno Machin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21678/shsk9t85

Keywords:

Arbitration, Annulment of award, Objective arbitrability, Kompetenz-kompetenz, Non-reviewability of the merits

Abstract

The ground set out in Article 63.1(e) of the Arbitration Law requires the judge to verify whether the award ruled on a matter that is manifestly non-arbitrable. This article examines whether that review conflicts with the prohibition on reviewing the merits under Article 62.2 of the Arbitration Law, and argues, drawing on the kompetenz-kompetenz principle set out in Article 41 of the same statute, that the answer is no.

Author Biography

  • Valeria Moreno Machin

    Abogada por la Universidad del Pacífico, con especialización en Arbitraje Internacional y de Inversiones por la misma casa de estudios. Asociada del área de Solución de Controversias de Hernández & Cía. Abogados. Ha sido asistente arbitral de árbitros nacionales e internacionales. Miembro de Peruvian Young Arbitrators; fue integrante y luego entrenadora del equipo de la Universidad del Pacífico en competencias internacionales de arbitraje.

Forseti N° 24

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2026-09-28

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Vol. 15 No. 24 (2026): Vol. 15 Núm. 24 (2026): Forseti N° 24

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Without Touching the Merits: The Principle of “Non-Reviewability” of Awards and Its Relationship with Judicial Review of the Arbitral Tribunal’s Jurisdiction. (2026). Forseti. Law Review, 15(24), 171–190. https://doi.org/10.21678/shsk9t85